Sustainable Technologies for Municipal Wastewater Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Toxicity Reduction and Environmental Remediation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 175
Special Issue Editors
Interests: life cycle assessment (LCA); sustainability; water and wastewater treatment; circular economy; resource recovery from waste; valorization; beneficiation
Interests: water and wastewater treatment; water quality monitoring; environmental remediation; water security; water and wastewater valorization and beneficiation; recovery of minerals from water and wastewater
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Municipal wastewater (MWW) is among the most important sources of pollution and environmental degradation, particularly affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where infrastructure for its effective treatment is underdeveloped or even undeveloped. However, when viewed under the recently introduced circular economy concept, MWW can also be an important asset for resource recovery and valorization, rather than a waste. For example, its phosphorus (P) content, which is the main driver of eutrophication when poorly or untreated MWW is released to freshwater ecosystems, can be recovered (struvite or calcium phosphate) and used as a fertilizer. MWW in an anaerobic digester will produce biogas, while it is also possible to reclaim water from MWW and this can be a game changer in water scarce areas.
This Special Issue focuses on the challenges and opportunities of sustainable treatment technologies in MWW, including, but not limited to, those that can a) minimize pollution and eliminate micro/nano-plastics and contaminants of emerging concern (CED) such as pharmaceuticals and antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes (ARB/ARGs); b) reduce the overall environmental impact of the treatment process; c) recover energy and/or resources; and d) introduce circular economy and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) concepts.
Dr. Spyros Foteinis
Dr. Vhahangwele Masindi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA)
- circular economy
- resource recovery
- zero liquid discharge (ZLD)
- contaminants of emerging concern (CEC)
- antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes (ARB/ARGs)
- heavy metals
- water security
- wastewater valorization
